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Introducing the Yudemon Heartwork
Max Frenzel, PhD · 6 May 2024 · 2 min read
Today the Yudemon HRV app received an update that adds an entirely new element to this second category of motivators: the Yudemon Heartwork.
Heartworks are generative pieces of art that represent your very own journey of HRV Biofeedback training. Each Heartwork is completely unique to you and is based on your unique physiological data, specifically your heart rate (HR) and heart rate variability (HRV), and their response to different breathing rates.
The further you progress along in Yudemon’s Journey Mode, the more the Heartwork evolves and increases in detail and intricacy, reflecting the effort you have put into your personal practice.
In addition to the desire to further grow and evolve your personal art, Heartworks contain a second mechanism that acts as a motivator to keep you focused and consistent in your practice: Heartwork Health.
Since regular practice is the most important factor in achieving results, health encourages you to practice consistently – ideally once every day.
Your Heartwork’s health starts out at 100%. However, once 24 hours have passed since your last session, the health slowly starts to decrease, and along with it the quality of your Heartwork starts to deteriorate.
But don’t worry! Every time you complete a practice session of at least 5 minutes duration, your Heartwork recovers 20% of health and the timer is reset to zero.
My Heartwork at around 60% Health after not practicing for several days.
If you commit to a daily practice, you will never have to worry about your Heartwork deteriorating. But even if you slip (as we all do from time to time), rest assured: a few days of consistent practice and your Heartwork fully recovers.
I hope you will enjoy seeing your own Heartwork evolve along with you as you accumulate more and more practice sessions. And since every Heartwork is unique, I would also love to see some of the results, so please feel free to share yours with me.
Today’s release is the very first version of the Heartwork, and I hope to further build on the concept, as well as continue adding other new features to Yudemon – both technical ones that apply the latest developments in HRV biofeedback research, as well as more playful ones that hopefully keep you inspired and motivated to continue and deepen your own practice. If you have anything you’d particularly like to see, please reach out to let me know. Feature requests are always welcome, and many of the recent updates were directly inspired by comments I received from users.